ISTQB Foundation Certification Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) formerly ISEB Foundation
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for ISTQB Foundation Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 51 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.72% 0.68% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.01% 0.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £272 -
25th Percentile £363 £285 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £315 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £463 £330 -
90th Percentile £508 £335 -
South West median daily rate £375 £315 -
% change year-on-year +19.05% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

ISTQB Foundation Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 592 326 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 70.64% 73.92% 76.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 225 564
10th Percentile £403 £310 £400
25th Percentile £463 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.01%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £688 £725
South West median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 4
10th Percentile £17.56 £18.73 -
25th Percentile £19.72 £18.87 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.75 £25.15 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.28% -41.17% -34.73%
75th Percentile £85.25 £26.85 £74.00
90th Percentile - £41.13 -
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.26% -11.54% -

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISTQB Foundation Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

ISTQB Foundation Certification job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISTQB Foundation Certification in Wiltshire

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB Foundation Certification within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Swindon -1 4 £525 +66.67% 2
Salisbury - 2 £375 -
ISTQB Foundation Certification
South West

ISTQB Foundation Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (33.33%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Cucumber
1 4 (66.67%) Postman
1 4 (66.67%) REST Assured
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Salesforce Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Tester
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Playwright
1 4 (66.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
3 4 (66.67%) API Testing
3 4 (66.67%) BDD
3 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) Coaching
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (66.67%) Exploratory Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 4 (66.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Apex Code
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Conga
1 4 (66.67%) GoCardless
1 4 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (33.33%) IBM